BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!

Subject: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Beccy
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 12:41 PM

Okay, everyone. Put on your thinking caps. I need some baby names. We have about 3 months to do the job (after that is the ultrasound that will hopefully tell me to whom I'm talking when I speak to mah bellay.)


Parameters:
Not boring
Not toooooo outlandish
Preferably of Celtic, Gaelic or Norse derivation

This being my fourth, I'm running a little low on the creativity for names. Thanks!

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 12:46 PM

Rowan, Kieran, Niamh, Demelza?

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: JennyO
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 12:49 PM

Declan

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: leprechaun
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 12:49 PM

Aloysius

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Beccy
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 12:55 PM

Aloysius... I kid you not. That is my Gramp's name!

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 01:34 PM

Congratulations Beccy! You might want to peruse these sites:

http://www.medievalscotland.org/scotnames/quickgaelicbynames/

http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/iri.html

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~donnaweb/info/article09.html

Have fun!

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: GUEST,nashville cat
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 02:01 PM

Named my son Owen as it means 'young warrior' in Welsh. Would've spelled it 'Owain' if I had it to do over, but was unaware of a different spelling at the time. Did encourage him to change it if he wanted to, but so far he hasn't felt the need. Rhian for a girl's name. Don't know what it means. A little partial to Welsh names, obviously. Congratulations, anyway!

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Hippie Chick
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 02:09 PM

Jorund, Unn, Skarpethon, Gisli, Leif, Sven, Thorgerd, Gudrun, Hildegard, Sigurd, Sigli, Loki.....

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: mooman
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 02:13 PM

Saoirse
Grainne
Saskia
Fionnghuala

Padraig
Siomon
Iarla
Kieron

Just a few suggestions....


moo

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 02:15 PM

Rug rat

Yard Ape

Ankel biter

An-horrid-thing-to-do-to-someone-you-profess-to-love

Grass monkey

"Get-off-of-there"

"Get-THAT-outta-Yer-Mouth"

"I'll-GIVE-ya-somethin'-to-cry-about"

Phydeaux

,-)

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 02:33 PM

Algernon Marmaduke? Tee hee

Rhiannon
>^..^<

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: DonMeixner
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 03:01 PM

John

Mary

Peter

Le Var

Beulah

and

Ermatrude

Well, maybe not, what ever you choose, remember the child has to wear the name to school, not you.

Don, father of Gregory Hans, Geoffrey Olin, and Rebekkah Jean.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Mr Red
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 03:27 PM

I knew an Eilidh (Gallic equivalent of Helen) - she was from Eigg.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Rustic Rebel
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 03:28 PM

This is an interesting site. Not only do they list thousands of names, but you can put your name in to find it's potential life meaning. I was actually amazed at how close it came to me in ways.kabalarians-click here
Congratulations Becky!
Peace. Rustic

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: GUEST,Matt_R
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 03:35 PM

HA! Clinton made me laugh for once.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: artbrooks
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 03:58 PM

Remember, this is something that the kid is going to have to live with all his/her life. I recall an acquaintance during the earlier Tolkien fever who named her son Bilbo...and you can imagine what he was called in school! He did decide to rename himself when he was about ten: "John, my name is John."

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Penny S.
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 04:14 PM

As a teacher, I'd just like to put in my twopenn'orth.
1. Give your child the full name, so that he/she has the choice of using the full name or the short or nickname version.

2. If you choose a name which may be pronounced in several ways, let the teacher know which one you are using. eg Sean, Aaron, Michele, Megan, Gawain. The same if you choose Irish, Gaelic or Welsh names in a part of the world which does not recognise the spelling rules. Some of us recognise the Cusack's names now, but not all of us. Our fault. When I first came here, there was another Penny, from Florida, who posted under another user name, and I pm'd her about the confusion. She told her given name was Penelope, but her teacher had commented about it, mispronounced it, and she had dropped it entirely for the short form. And one of our staff went on a literacy course where the tutor, speaking of Harry Potter, pronounced Hermione as Hermeeown. Don't let others' idiocy cramp your style, but support your child with it.

3. Avoid at all costs such coinings as Cherry Orchard, Pearl Button (real examples) or other things of that sort.

Otherwise, I would read a lot of stories, and choose a name that belonged to a character with the right sort of characteristics, and hadn't picked up anything negative since. eg, I used to like Gareth, until I had to teach a child of that name who was utterly unlike the Arthurian hero.

Penny

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: GUEST,Rhiannon
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 04:27 PM

DON'T call the poor thing "Joy". That is my original name and I changed it after 40 years of stupid remarks, usually sexual, such as Joy-stick and Joy-riding, come give me joy etc.

I can honestly say that my life has improved since I changed my name to Rhiannon, although it did cause some problems to old friends!

Rhiannon
>^..^<

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 05:19 PM

CuChullainn

Fionn

Oengus

Deirdre

Noaise

ruadh

Setanta

Chonnobhair

Fergus

Cet

Somerled

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Gloredhel
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 05:23 PM

Please consider what possible nicknames future classmates might find. Kids will be cruel, and they'll find something nasty to call anyone if they want to, but you don't need to make it easy for them. (And don't forget aobut the initials.)

Owen, Sean, and Gareth are rather nice for boys, and Aine and Alana are pretty for a girl. And before you name a girl something starting with a C/K sound, please consider this: among my friends there are two Colleens, Kathleen, Kelly, Kayla, Caitlin, Cate, Katie, and Cailey. (try saying them out loud) Gets confusing when we're all in the same room.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: flyingcat
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 05:32 PM

I like the name Mhairi which is pronounced Vari with a short "a" rather than "ay". It is gailic for Mary.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: leprechaun
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 05:36 PM

Really, Beccy? My great-grandfather's name was Aloysius. Maybe we're related.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: JudeL
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 05:53 PM

Try this site for welsh names and their meanings


http://www.names2be.com/welshbabynames.html

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 06:42 PM

Gee... that's funny Matt... YOU make me laugh all the time...

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Brakn
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 07:35 PM

Well I have a son due in April..........and my wife wants to call him Malachy. My mother's godfather was called Malachy O'Hare.

His brother is called, Patrick Neary Byron, born 24/12/00. (Christmas Eve!!)

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 07:35 PM

Well, I am partial to my children's names: Colin, Kyrsten(Kyrstie), and Jerusha (Rue). I also like my grandma's which was Flora Estella. Colin pronounces his as it should be, NOT like the Attorney General!

I also like Japanese and Hawaiian names such as Akira, for a boy, and Noelani for a girl.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: nutty
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 07:57 PM

Callum

Caleb

Danny

Lucy

Alice

Jane

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Rustic Rebel
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 08:15 PM

I have some friends that named their babies Number One and Two (they had twins) They had nick-names for both. Their thinking was the kids could pick their own names when they were older.
Peace. Rustic

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: harvey andrews
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 08:27 PM

"Harvey"...Breton for "Bitter Warrior", a rare name and dateless, not tied to any fashionable era. Only problem is...don't mention rabbits!

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Walking Eagle
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 08:30 PM

I always thought that Fiona is a nice Gaelic/Celtic name. Please, PLEASE don't stick him/her with something that they can be easily kidded with. Or when shortened, makes an unpleasant word. Or where the three letters or two plus the last name makes something rather absurd. Remember the college football player named Isiah Moses Hipp? I.M.Hipp. I rest my case.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Gray D
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 09:07 PM

Not sure how to put this . . . erm . . . I suggest that you treat some of the name sites with EXTREME caution.

Firstly, Rustic Rebel, I typed in several names on the "Kabalarians" site and, strangely, each one came back with a report saying "[your name] has characteristics that undermine your long-term happiness and success in life.". Why might that be, do we think?

And, Jude L, a Welsh names site without "Myfanwy"? I mean to say ...

Gray D

P.S. Pay heed to yer man Meixner when he types "remember the child has to wear the name to school, not you." Wise words, oh, wise, wise words.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Gray D
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 09:17 PM

Oh, and by the way, I know one poor little b*gger called Zaphod (pron. "Zafe-odd"), yes, as in in Zaphod Beeblebrox.

....


Actually, everyone calls him "Zafe" and it sounds quite cool.


Oh, just call them what you want to. They can always change it later like Joy did.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 09:31 PM

How about "Guest"?

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 09:42 PM

Don't forget the poor girl whose parents named her "Ima" wiht a last name of "Hogg!"

My dad knew a man, last name of Katt, named his son, Thomas.

I've always like Gabriel and Sasheen, too.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 09:54 PM

Thank you JudeL...great site!

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Neighmond
Date: 02 Feb 03 - 11:08 PM

My grandmother's dad was as Irish as they come-his name was Ambrose D. Murphy-his wife was named OraBelle, and I never saw another with that name.
I once had a girlfriend named Autumn, who had bright red hair.

What about good old names:

Mary Louise
Sara Jane
Sylvester
Alvira (a teacher in high school)
Beaulah (we called her "Bee," My uncles called her "Beau" for short)
I seem to remember a very quiet Dark haired-girl in one of my classes some yestertime that was named "Avenyon" (probably misspelled).
I DO remember a Brunette in my science class who was named "Aura Lee" (also probably mispelled), and she confirmed that yes, she was named for the maid in the old song.

My name is good old corrupted stock: Chaz-short and sweet (like a roasted maggot!)

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 04:46 AM

One of my faves is this one...

Heulwen. Which is Welsh for Sunshine.

Ella

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 04:48 AM

it's pronounced.
Differs to wether you are north or south... but

Heyl-wen (hayl-wen)

Hail-wen ( the ai sounds as in aisle)

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: banjomad (inactive)
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 04:51 AM

Good old viking name ' Eric '
I hope it goes wll.
Dave.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Gurney
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 04:59 AM

How about both musical AND old, like Duane and Elvis. Honest.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: rich-joy
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 05:26 AM

what about "Richenda" - last post was from "Gurney" - Richenda is a very old name with both British / European origins and is a family name amongst the Gurneys of England ...

Cheers! R-J

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: JudeL
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 07:25 AM

Grey D, Whilst the site is missing a couple of names such as Kyndwen ( an honory aunt when I was growing up) it isn't missing Myfanwy. Maybe you simply failed to notice that page one is girls names a-g and that for h-z you need to click on page 2 and that boys names are pages 3 & 4 ?

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Declan
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 07:44 AM

Jenny O,

What do you want ?

Boys : Aenghus, Ruarai (or Rory if you're worried about people being able to pronounce it), Cian, Ciarán, Dara, Fiach, Séamus, Seán, Micheál, Padraig, Brendan, Dermot, Éanna (or Enda in English), Niall, Tadhg

Girls : Sorcha, Niamh, Áine, Siobhán, Seonaid, Caoimhe, Aoife, Éilis, Nóra, Noreen, Sadhbh, Míde, Bríd, Caitlín, Aideen, Orla

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Noreen
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 07:58 AM

Declan,

You called?   :0)


Lovely ideas, all (Well, most, Clinton!)

How about Fergus or Fergal, and my middle name, Maeve? Queen Maeve was a very powerful woman in Irish mythology, thought perhaps (as my mother put it) no better than she should have been.... *grin*

Congrats, Beccy, and hope all is well. Keep singing to him/her.

Noreen

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 08:08 AM

My Cornish cousin has asked me to be Godfather to their new son Treve.
I have a Cornish nephew called Drustan (a surfing champ).
Keith(you could do worse).

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Letty
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 08:25 AM

Irish names I like: Colm, Eoin, Ciaran / Leana Aoife Niamh
Nordic names I like: Eric (or Erik), Tor (but not if you're Dutch, because then it means 'beetle'), Jari (Finnish) / Hilde, Maarit (or Marit), Leena (for Finnish names, incl. pronunciation, see here).

I don't know your surname, but I would make sure it matches the child's first name. Lasairfhiona Jones just looks a bit silly (which means that I'll probably never pick one of those lovely Irish names for my children, they just don't go with the Dutch surname).

Letty

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: sian, west wales
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 08:26 AM

Oh, lord ... don't call the poor thing Myfanwy. She'll either end up Muhvvy or Fanny.

You could try this site

One of my god-daughters is Elinor Haf (Haf meaning summer - born in August) and it's quite common to have a name than refers to the month or season in which you were born, or similar. i.e. Haf/summer, Medi/September, Mai/May, Eira/snow (all girls) - Gwenhwyfer means 'smile of June' and is also "Guinevere" (or however that's spelt). Come to think of it, boys' second names tend to be more geographical - named after their home areas, or rivers, like Dyfed, Ceiriog, Arfon,etc.

I quite like Bryn or Emyr for boys. Best not saddle them with anything other nationalities might find difficult to pronounce, like Llew.

sian

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Beccy
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 08:45 AM

Okay, all... how do you pronounce Aine? (And how do you get the accnt on it in plain text...) Meaning?

Keep the boys names coming- considering my track record (3 boys already), I should probably have one ready.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: GUEST,Geordie
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 09:06 AM

I my family it is Geordie, Angus, Artemesia. Estella and Rowan. I like em all but mine.

Subject: RE: BS: Hit me with some baby names!!!!
From: Mr Red
Date: 03 Feb 03 - 09:41 AM

Rustic Rebel

kabalarians - failed on two names: MrRed and my real name. There is no meaning to me!!!